[Demand Overview (Total Across the 10 Power Companies)]
 Total demand in March was down for the seventh consecutive months, falling
by 4.3% on last year to 65.4 billion kWh across the 10 companies.

Demand excluding Extra High Voltage Demand
Commercial and lighting demand both posted declines of 2.3% and 3.7% respectively.
The declines were due to decreased demand for heating, caused by higher
temperatures in February and March.

Bulletin of Total Demand across the 10 Companies(Unit: Million kWh, %)

This
month
(March)

Results for past 3 months

February

January

December

Volume

Demand excluding
Extra High
Voltage Demand

Lighting

20,739

23,774

27,455

21,664

Power

27,392

29,759

29,366

27,989

Lighting and Power Total

48,131

53,533

56,821

49,653

Extra High Voltage Demand

17,268

16,072

16,428

17,041

Total of Electricity Sales

65,399

69,605

73,249

66,694

(Large industry)

(21,029)

(19,774)

(19,838)

(20,751)

Change
on
last
year

Demand excluding
Extra High
Voltage Demand

Lighting

96.3

98.1

102.0

104.7

Power

95.4

95.6

98.5

99.0

Lighting and Power Total

95.8

96.7

100.2

101.4

Extra High Voltage Demand

95.6

95.1

93.9

94.5

Total of Electricity Sales

95.7

96.3

98.7

99.6

(Large industry)

(95.1)

(94.8)

(93.7)

(94.0)

Note: Parentheses represent proportion of total.

(Reference) Large Industrial DemandLarge industrial user demand in March was down for the fourteenth consecutive
month, falling by 4.9%. The decline resulted from poor performance in all
sectors, with particularly poor results noted in the chemical sector.

(Reference)10 Company's Total Demand of Large Industry Customers by Sector (Bulletin)
(Unit: Million kWh, %)

This month@(March)

Past three months

Power Volume

Change on last year

February

January

December

Textiles

285

89.4

92.1

92.9

93.9

Paper & Pulp

821

95.0

93.7

92.3

94.6

Chemicals

1,913

90.9

91.1

90.7

92.9

Ceramics

948

94.0

93.1

90.7

92.6

Steel

2,830

94.2

92.5

88.9

89.6

Non-ferrous

1,116

93.3

90.4

87.9

88.2

Machinery

5,478

93.8

93.3

92.4

90.5

(Reference)Increase in Demand from Large Industry across the 10 Companies
(Unit: %)

Month

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

FY1992

-3.0

-3.6

-2.9

-2.8

-2.0

-0.5

-2.3

-1.5

-1.2

-1.5

-2.6

1.8

FY1993

0.5

-0.1

0.2

-3.3

-3.3

-3.3

-3.5

-2.4

-2.6

-2.3

-1.9

-2.3

FY1994

-2.0

-1.1

0.7

5.8

7.7

5.7

5.4

5.4

5.9

4.3

6.0

5.9

FY1995

5.1

4.2

0.7

-1.0

1.6

-2.1

-0.3

-0.9

0.5

1.6

3.6

-1.1

FY1996

0.1

1.7

2.0

3.8

-0.3

2.4

3.1

3.4

2.5

4.3

-0.3

3.1

FY1997

3.9

5.1

4.4

3.5

3.5

4.7

2.4

0.7

0.1

-0.0

-1.7

-3.0

FY1998

-1.9

-3.2

-3.6

-4.1

-4.2

-3.1

-2.9

-4.5

-3.9

-5.3

-2.8

-2.1

FY1999

-3.8

-3.6

-0.6

-1.5

2.6

2.8

1.0

3.3

3.6

2.6

6.4

4.9

FY2000

3.5

4.7

4.2

5.2

5.0

1.5

2.6

2.8

2.6

3.8

-1.7

-0.3

FY2001

-0.4

-1.0

-2.3

-1.2

-4.5

-6.0

-4.7

-5.5

-6.0

-6.3

-5.2

-4.9

Demand for March 2002 (Bulletin)
(Unit: Million kWh, %)

(10 companies in the past 3 months)

Hokkaido

Tohoku

Tokyo

Chubu

Hokuriku

Kansai

Chugoku

Shikoku

Kyushu

9 companies

Okinawa

10 companies

February

January

December

Results
(A)

Lighting

929

1,996

6,915

2,600

554

3,538

1,332

710

1,985

20,559

180

20,739

23,774

27,455

21,664

Power

1,166

2,755

8,635

4,344

1,007

4,119

1,700

965

2,454

27,145

247

27,392

29,759

29,366

27,989

(Commercial Power)

549

1,101

4,296

1,419

334

1,904

689

385

1,112

11,789

142

11,931

13,280

13,062

12,236

(Small industry)

307

901

2,306

1,472

328

1,329

522

297

813

8,275

49

8,324

9,304

9,111

8,651

Lighting and Power Total

2,095

4,751

15,550

6,944

1,561

7,657

3,032

1,675

4,439

47,704

427

48,131

53,533

56,821

49,653

Extra High Voltage Demand

313

1,341

6,058

2,833

482

3,239

1,243

395

1,354

17,258

10

17,268

16,072

16,428

17,041

Total of Electricity Sales

2,408

6,092

21,608

9,777

2,043

10,896

4,275

2,070

5,793

64,962

437

65,399

69,605

73,249

66,694

(Large industry)

445

1,889

6,649

3,907

768

3,483

1,586

582

1,658

20,967

62

21,029

19,774

19,838

20,751

Change
on
Previous
year
(A)/(B)

Lighting

97.8

99.8

94.6

96.4

97.2

96.3

94.9

98.8

97.2

96.2

97.7

96.3

98.1

102.0

104.7

Power

93.7

94.4

95.3

95.7

93.6

95.5

95.8

96.3

96.8

95.4

100.3

95.4

95.6

98.5

99.0

(Commercial Power)

98.5

96.9

97.1

98.2

96.4

97.8

99.1

97.6

99.2

97.7

100.1

97.7

97.6

101.1

101.9

(Small industry)

97.3

95.2

92.2

94.4

91.5

93.5

94.2

94.7

95.7

93.8

98.3

93.8

93.9

97.2

98.2

Lighting and Power Total

95.5

96.6

95.0

96.0

94.8

95.8

95.4

97.3

96.9

95.7

99.2

95.8

96.7

100.2

101.4

Extra High Voltage Demand

89.4

94.6

95.4

96.4

92.7

95.7

95.6

98.2

97.8

95.6

121.0

95.6

95.1

93.9

94.5

Total of Electricity Sales

94.6

96.2

95.1

96.1

94.3

95.8

95.4

97.5

97.1

95.7

99.6

95.7

96.3

98.7

99.6

(Large industry)

90.9

93.8

95.0

96.0

93.2

95.0

95.0

97.1

96.9

95.1

105.0

95.1

94.8

93.7

94.0

Last year's
results
(B)

Lighting

950

2,000

7,306

2,695

570

3,675

1,403

718

2,043

21,361

184

21,546

24,244

26,916

20,699

Power

1,245

2,918

9,059

4,541

1,076

4,314

1,774

1,002

2,536

28,464

247

28,710

31,113

29,800

28,258

(Commercial Power)

556

1,136

4,425

1,445

346

1,947

694

394

1,121

12,065

141

12,206

13,605

12,922

12,012

(Small industry)

315

947

2,502

1,560

358

1,421

555

313

849

8,821

50

8,871

9,903

9,374

8,813

Lighting and Power Total

2,195

4,918

16,365

7,236

1,646

7,989

3,177

1,720

4,579

49,825

431

50,256

55,357

56,716

48,957

Extra High Voltage Demand

348

1,418

6,349

2,939

520

3,386

1,301

402

1,385

18,048

8

18,056

16,893

17,504

18,035

Total of Electricity Sales

2,543

6,336

22,714

10,175

2,166

11,375

4,478

2,122

5,964

67,873

439

68,312

72,250

74,220

66,992

(Large industry)

489

2,014

7,003

4,069

824

3,666

1,670

600

1,710

22,046

59

22,104

20,860

21,164

22,065

Note: As this is a bulletin, some figures are estimates. Parentheses indicate
proportion of total.